Luzerner Zeitung
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Luzerner Zeitung
(LZ)
| logo = Luzerner Zeitung Logo 2016.png
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| type = Daily newspaper
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| owners = CH Media
| founder =
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| editor =
| chiefeditor = Thomas Bornhauser
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1996}}
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| language = German
| headquarters = Lucerne, Switzerland
| circulation = 127,244 (2009)
| sister newspapers = Neue Zürcher Zeitung
St. Galler Tagblatt
| ISSN = 1421-7430
| oclc = 605736113
| website = [http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch luzernerzeitung.ch] (in German)
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Luzerner Zeitung (LZ) is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in Lucerne.{{Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|043031|Neue Luzerner Zeitung|author=Huber, Max|date=2009-07-15}}
History and profile
Luzerner Zeitung was created in 1996 through the merger of Luzerner Zeitung (LZ) and Luzerner Neuste Nachrichten (LNN). Luzerner Zeitung (1991–1996) had replaced the two daily newspapers Luzerner Tagblatt and Vaterland. The paper is owned by CH Media which also owns Neue Zürcher Zeitung and St. Galler Tagblatt. Its editor-in-chief is Thomas Bornhauser.
The newspaper is published in six regional editions:
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! Regional title ! Canton | |
| {{spaced ndash}} | Lucerne |
| Neue Nidwaldner Zeitung | Nidwalden |
| Neue Obwaldner Zeitung | Obwalden |
| Neue Urner Zeitung | Uri |
| Neue Zuger Zeitung | Zug |
In 1997 Neue Luzerner Zeitung had a circulation of 131,761 copies.{{cite journal|author=Sibylle Hardmeier|title=Political Poll Reporting in Swiss Print Media|journal=International Journal of Public Opinion Research|date=1999|volume=11|issue=3|url=http://ijpor.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/257.full.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171018050037/https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article-abstract/11/3/257/834102/POLITICAL-POLL-REPORTING-IN-SWISS-PRINT-MEDIA?redirectedFrom=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-18|accessdate=30 December 2014}} Its circulation was 133,000 copies in 2003.{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|publisher=World Association of Newspapers|accessdate=15 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}} According to WEMF AG, {{as of|2004|lc=yes}}, the newspaper had a certified distribution of 134,526 copies and a readership of 290,000. The 2006 circulation of the paper was 131,004 copies.{{cite journal|title=Swiss newspaper market in flux|journal=Swiss Review|date=October 2007|volume=5|page=9|url=http://www.revue.ch/fileadmin/revue/Ausgaben/2007/sr_en_2007_05_download.pdf|accessdate=4 December 2014}} It was 127,244 copies in 2009.{{cite book|author=Hugo Bigi|title=Journalism Education Between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojPlRFHuvoYC&pg=PA27|accessdate=17 January 2015|year=2012|publisher=Haupt Verlag AG|isbn=978-3-258-07753-6|page=26}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Portal bar|Journalism|Switzerland}}
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Category:1996 establishments in Switzerland
Category:Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
Category:German-language newspapers published in Switzerland